wheat midge

Noun

Meaning

Various dipterous insects of the family Cecidomyiidae (gall midges, gall gnats) that are pests of wheat:
Contarinia tritici (formerly Diplosis t.) that lays its eggs in the flowers of wheat-heads, and whose reddish larvae devour the kernels

Hessian fly, Mayetiola destructor

Sitodiplosis mosellana

Lasioptera obfuscata

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Alternative names

wheat-midge

Synonyms

Hessian fly wheat blossom midge lemon wheat blossom midge wheat yellow blossom midge yellow wheat blossom midge orange wheat blossom midge orange wheat gall midge wheat orange blossom midge

Close letter words and terms

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